The only relator I'd add to this list would be Performer (prf). It seems 
to fit the criteria stated:

1. Used in both sound and visual formats
2. More general than Actor, Conductor, Vocalist, etc.
3. Is a broad term of general application	
4. Is a specific type of contributor

If part of the intent is to use these for describing electronic 
resources, the growth of video and music formats on the web would
appear to warrant adding Performer to this brief list of relators.

Stephen


At 12:43 PM 1/24/00 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Our office, which maintains the MARC Code List for Relators, has been
>asked to provide a short list or relators for general use taken from that
>list.  This should be a subset including only the most general relator
>terms, with their codes and definitions taken from the MARC list. No more
>than about 10 should be included. We have not included specific types of
>creators, for instance.
>
>We are asking for your feedback in terms of experience with general
>applications. We have followed various principles in selecting this subset
>of the MARC list, as indicated below.
>
>Please send comments by Wednesday, 26 January. We have a short time frame
>for this.
>
>    Proposed Relators list for general applications (Dublin Core)
>
>Principles for inclusion:
>1. The term is not specific to a material type.
>2. Only general creator/author terms are used, rather than specific
>ones.
>3. Usage is for general application only; the broadest terms are
>included.
>4. Specific types of roles (e.g. illustrator) included are generally
>for contributors, not creators. 
>
>Term                Code                Comment
>
>Adapter             adp
>Collaborator        clb                 Used in DC for Contributor
>Creator                                 To be added
>Distributor         dst
>Editor              edt
>Illustrator         ill  
>Publisher           pbl                 Used in DC only if Agent
>                                        is collapsed
>Sponsor             spn  
>Translator          trl
>
>
>Terms with definitions:
>
>Adapter [adp] 
>Use for a person who 1) reworks a musical composition, usually for a
>different medium, or 2) rewrites novels or stories for motion
>pictures or other audiovisual medium. 
>
>Collaborator [clb] 
>Use for a person or corporate body that takes a limited part in the
>elaboration of a work of another author or that brings complements
>(e.g., appendices, notes) to the work of another author 
>
>Creator: to be defined something like:
>Use for an entity chiefly responsible for the content of a work.
>(The definition for Author will be modified to limit it to generally
>printed works, which is how it has been used and for which it was
>originally defined.)
>
>Distributor [dst] 
>Use for an agent or agency that has exclusive or shared marketing
>rights for an item. 
>
>Editor [edt] 
>Use for a person who prepares for publication a work not primarily
>his/her own, such as by elucidating text, adding introductory or
>other critical matter, or technically directing an editorial staff. 
>
>Illustrator [ill] 
>Use for the person who conceives, and perhaps also implements, a
>design or illustration, usually to accompany a written text. 
>
>Publisher [pbl]
>(not given a definition in MARC Relators list; may include one
>similar to the DC 1.1 one)
>
>Sponsor [spn] 
>Use for the person or agency that issued a contract or under the
>auspices of which a work has been written, printed, published, etc. 
>
>Translator [trl] 
>Use for a person who renders a text from one language into another,
>or from an older form of a language into the modern form.
>
>The entire list is available at:
>http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/relators/
>
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